Callate Donnie said:
If you come to TexAgs looking for reasoned and measured responses then you're always going to be disappointed.
Healthy skepticism isn't a bad thing. I think these medical experts need to be questioned and be prepared to deal with that skepticism. These are unprecedented times and given what level our governments, healthcare professionals and others have asked the average American to do by putting much of their life on hold and the economy as well, especially in light of what we currently are seeing, I think is very reasonable to at least question what strategies we take as a city, county, state and nation going forward. They could be 100% correct, but they also may not be at all. And at what point do we actually have enough of a handle on the situation that getting back to regular life is fine? Just b/c one doctor isn't comfortable with that doesn't mean there aren't other very qualified doctors and medical experts who would be and even propose as such. The American people have every right to question all of this. The fact that many on this forum are is the very definition of healthy and some who still think this virus will get out of hand when we open up need to remember that it's just their opinion and should welcome varying thoughts and idea as well.
I'll go further to state that there are a lot of greater issues at stake here than just this virus. Freedoms are very much an issue as well and who gets to decide how our freedoms are dispensed and even if they should be afforded that level or authority as well. Maybe this is serious enough to do that. But what if it's not? And what are the limits to it. There has to be limits eventually. That's why the framers of our Constitution put in a system of checks and balances. Maybe we are nowhere near a point where freedom is in danger, but that's why skepticism is vital. It's when the loss of freedom sneaks up on a people that things go wrong, not when people are aware and questioning our leadership and their motivations and directions.
